The Bloomington Early Music Festival

UPCOMING EVENTS

Monday, April 16 | 6:30pm
Trinity Episcopal Church
Shawms and Stories
Forgotten Clefs A Renaissance Wind Band
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Sunday, April 22 | St. Thomas Lutheran Church | 2:30pm
Musique de la Rue, Forgotten Clefs
Charles Wines, Artistic Director
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FESTIVAL ENSEMBLES

The Festival will include performances by Bloomington Bach Cantata Project, Costanoan Trio, the Festival Orchestra, Festival Sacred Music Project, HPI goes POP!, Les Ordinaires, and Rumore Terribile, Case Western Baroque Ensemble, Oberlin Baroque, USC Thornton School of Music Collegium Workshop, B'more Bach Ensemble (Peabody), and Tarara (IU), and others.
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THE BLOOMINGTON EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES MAJOR COLLABORATION WITH
EARLY MUSIC AMERICA

The Bloomington Early Music Festival (BLEMF) and the Historical Performance Institute (HPI) at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music are pleased to announce a major partnership with Early Music America (EMA) this year that includes an innovative series of performances by emerging artists and college ensembles from across the United States and Canada.

Marking 25 years since the founding of the Bloomington Early Music Festival, this year’s celebration overlaps with the third annual conference on Historical Performance: Theory, Practice, and Interdisciplinarity, presented by the HPI, under the guidance of its director, Dana Marsh. The Festival will host the founding of a national network of collegiate EMA chapters (under the name of IU’s founding chapter, Gamma Ut), a seminar on music entrepreneurship led by prominent figures in the field, a series of community events in Bloomington that coincide with the city’s bi-centennial celebrations, and an “Early Music, Late Night” open-mic event.

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FESTIVAL LINEUP!

All Events are Free and Open to the Public
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5/18: Robert D. Levin, fortepiano
5/19: Southern Indiana Old-Time Music Workshop
5/19: Bloomington Bach Cantata Project
5/20: Old-Time Music and Dance Performance
5/23: HPI Goes Pop
5/24: Tarara
Oberlin Baroque
Festival Sacred Music Project
5/25: B'more Bach Ensemble
        Rumore Terribile
        Melisande McNabney
        Voyage Sonique
        EMA Early Music, Late Night
5/26: Instrument Petting Zoo
        The CWRU Baroque Ensemble
USC Collegium Workshop
        Rachell Wong
        Adriana Ruiz
        Costanoan Trio
5/27: Les Ordinaires and Friends
Festival Orchestra, led by Ingrid Matthews

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SUPPORT US!

All performances at the Bloomington Early Music Festival are offered free this year. Please join us in helping the Bloomington Early Music come to life by contributing towards publicity, programming, instrument rentals, transport, and much more.

FESTIVAL ARTISTS

Featured artists include Robert Levin (fortepiano) Ingrid Matthews (violin), Mélisande McNabney and Jory Vinikour (harpsichord), Adriana Ruiz (soprano), Rachell Wong (violin), Grey Larsen (flute), and others.
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